Webinar | 1 NBCC Hour | Estimated 1-Hour Workload
This presentation provides counselors-in-training with a framework for working with children and adolescents in therapy in both school and mental health settings. This presentation will focus on how developmental stages influence diagnosis and will highlight case studies to aid in the process of case conceptualization when working with children and adolescents.
Upon successful completion of this activity, attendees will:
Dr. Elizabeth Ventura is a licensed professional counselor and a senior core faculty member at Walden University in the School of Counseling. As a senior faculty member, Dr. Ventura serves on multiple committees and designs licensure prep workshops and study aids for students to help with licensing exams. Dr. Ventura loves serving on the skills committee and teaching techniques of counseling.
Dr. Ventura is also President of Associates in Counseling & Wellness, a private therapy practice. She has been practicing clinically since 2004. She has been clinically trained at the University Hospitals in Cleveland, OH, The Cleveland Clinic, and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Ventura has presented at numerous local, state, and national conferences on the treatment of trauma, attachment, and treating children and adolescents. Dr. Ventura has written several textbooks, including two recent textbooks on the DSM-5.
Dr. Ventura has had extensive experience treating adults and children, couples, and families struggling with various mental health and developmental conditions. She has specific training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, EMDR, and other trauma-specific interventions. She has spent the majority of her training working across the lifespan from childhood to adulthood and within family systems. In addition, Dr. Ventura has specific training in addiction, anxiety, eating disorders, trauma, self-esteem, impulse-related conditions, self-injury, and mood disorders. Dr. Ventura’s practice works in school districts to serve students who are at high risk for outside placement or those students who may have a significant trauma history. Lastly, she serves as a consultant to attorneys on trauma-related cases and serves as an expert witness on child abuse and trauma-related cases.
Jazzmine Williams received a masters in Marriage and Family Counseling from Mississippi College. Currently, she is in her third year in the CES program and is the Research & Scholarship Committee Chair for CSI. She has over nine years of experience in counseling children and adolescents. Jazzmine is a licensed professional counselor supervisor for the state of Mississippi. In a continued mission to help children, she works as a behavior specialist in a local school district and owns Williams Counseling & Consulting Services, LLC. Her life goal is to help children and adolescents who struggle with their daily life due to their disorders.
Kristi Massey has been a school counselor for the past 17 years. She earned her Master’s degree from the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio. She is licensed in both Ohio and Texas. Prior to being a school counselor, she was a special education teacher for eight years. She is in her third year in the CES program and specializes in trauma and crisis, an area she is very passionate about. Kristi is a member of CSI a part of the CSI Leadership Bootcamp.
Omega Zeta chapter of Chi Sigma Iota is presenting this program with Walden University Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program’s oversight.
Walden University’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 4546. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Walden University’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Successful completion of this resource provides 1 NBCC clock hour; partial credit will not be offered.
ACEP contact information:
100 Washington Ave. S Suite 1210, Minneapolis MN, 55401
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.waldenu.edu
